Qatar Airways Privilege Club has just launched a lucrative transfer promotion, for points transfers from select bank partners. This has the potential to be quite a good deal, and it can also be an opportunity to earn other “flavors” of Avios at an advantageous rate.
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Transfer Citi points to Privilege Club with 30% bonus
Through Saturday, May 31, 2025, Qatar Airways is offering a 30% bonus when you convert select bank points to Privilege Club Avios.
Of the partners, Citi ThankYou is the only major program in the United States that’s eligible for this offer. This bonus is being offered on Qatar Airways’ end, meaning you won’t see the bonus reflected directly with partners when you go to make the transfer. Bonus Avios will post to eligible Privilege Club accounts by June 30, 2025, though hopefully earlier than that.
Is this transfer bonus worth it?
I’d argue that the Qatar Airways Privilege Club program is pretty lucrative nowadays. For one, keep in mind that Qatar Airways uses Avios as its rewards currency, so it’s possible to transfer Avios at a 1:1 ratio between the various programs that earn Avios. That includes Aer Lingus AerClub, British Airways Club, Finnair Plus, and Iberia Plus.
This means that you could use this offer to indirectly convert Citi ThankYou points into British Airways Avios with a 30% bonus as well. That’s something that will no doubt interest some, especially since Citi ThankYou doesn’t partner with some other Avios currencies.
However, there’s also huge value directly with the Qatar Airways Privilege Club program. Privilege Club has decent award pricing on Qatar Airways flights, and also has access to more business class award availability than partner programs. Privilege Club also has several unique airline partners, ranging from JetBlue, to RwandAir, to Virgin Australia, opening up valuable redemption opportunities.
Bottom line
Qatar Airways Privilege Club is offering a 30% bonus when you transfer Citi ThankYou points. A 30% bonus is pretty significant, so this is an opportunity to get a good deal converting your Citi ThankYou points into Avios with Qatar Airways, British Airways, etc.
Do you plan on taking advantage of this Privilege Club transfer bonus?
I'm curious if anyone else has seen a lack of the lower redemption value biz class award availability. I transferred points a month ago, and right after that couldn't find US (west coast) avail to DOH/BKK. I'm seeing the 190k per ticket which is the flexi award, but my past redemptions were 1/2 that.
I'm usually looking nearly a year out, and in the past have found at least two for most flights.
Jetblue redemptions have been screwed up for a couple weeks now on many routes. I wonder if it has anything to do with the United announcement.
Do Avios transfers between programs count as activity for BA's three year expiration?
I think I may park my Avios with Qatar just because they are transparent about expiration date (and yes, they do count transfers as activity for their three-year expiration).
Thanks for the information. I just did a transfer. Both the transfer and the bonus were instant. My purpose was to get them over to Iberia and I was able to do the Qatar to BA to Iberia in a matter of minutes to purchase the tickets.
Ben- is that the world of Hyatt logo I see on that chart? I don’t recall seeing that before. Does it imply that you can now transfer from world of Hyatt to Avios at the 30% bonus? This would also seemingly imply then you could transfer from Amex or chase to Hyatt to avios as a backdoor?
Sorry. Just chase not Amex
The conversion rate (pre bonus) is 2.5 WoH points to 1 Avios, so while this is a way to get the bonus from Chase as well as Citi, it's not going to be a good deal for most people.
The conversion rate (pre bonus) is 2.5 WoH points to 1 Avios, so while this is a way to get the bonus from Chase as well as Citi, it's not going to be a good deal for most people.